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Biomedical Equipment II

The student will learn about troubleshooting various types of equipment that are commonly used at most medical facilities. Utilizing operator and user manuals students will learn to diagnose common problems that can arise with a particular piece of equipment, teach the student how to resolve the issue, and how to conduct preventative maintenance to prevent failure in the future correctly.

Course Overview

Course Term Individual Cost Credits Hours
$1249.75
3
60

Biomedical Equipment II

Instructor: John A. Schmidt

The student will learn about troubleshooting various types of equipment that are commonly used at most medical facilities. The course will guide the student through the most common problems that can arise with a particular piece of equipment, teach the student how to resolve the issue, and how to conduct preventative maintenance to prevent failure in the future correctly. The course will utilize operator/user manuals and service manuals to the discussed equipment and familiarize them with how to read and navigate the manuals for proper troubleshooting techniques. The final assignment will comprise field research on specific pieces of medical equipment such as: obtaining the service manual, obtaining pricing on a new unit, obtaining the end of life of the equipment, finding third party repair vendors, obtaining repair costs and turnaround time. The final assignment will strengthen the students’ understanding of the day-to-day process of a BMET and will allow them to go to work at any facility with minimal training.